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- the present invention relates to a method of forming a nitride film, and more particularly, to a method of forming a nitride film including certain conductive type impurities such as n type impurities and a nitride structure formed by using the method.
- group III nitride semiconductors may emit a broad spectrum of light covering not only an entire of visible light also ultra violet (UV) and have been in the lime light.
- LEDs light emitting diodes
- group III nitride semiconductors it is required to group III nitride semiconductors to be formed to have a certain conductive type such as a p type and an n type and various methods have been employed.
- an n type GaN is formed by using a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method of supplying monosilane SiH 4 as n type impurities together with TMG and NH3 gas at the same time.
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- Implantation techniques for ions by using high energy is introduced by “Redistribution and activation of implanted S, Se, Te, Be, Mg, and C in GaN” J. Vac. Sci. Tchnol. A. 17 (4), July/August 1999.
- implanted ions may be activated when heat-treated at a temperature of at least 1200° C.
- a heat treatment process at a temperature more than 1400° C. is required.
- An aspect of the present invention provides a method of forming a nitride film by using hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) combined with a new doping process capable of acquiring a high carrier density and electrical conductivity without restriction on characteristics of atoms of impurities.
- HVPE hydride vapor phase epitaxy
- An aspect of the present invention also provides a nitride structure having an enough thickness and high electrical conductivity.
- a method of forming a nitride film by hydride vapor phase epitaxy including: sequentially disposing at least one group III metal source including impurities and a substrate in an external reaction chamber and an internal reaction chamber sequentially located in the direction of gas supply and heating each of the external reaction chamber and the internal reaction chamber at a growth temperature; forming a metal chloride by supplying hydrogen chloride gas and carrier gas into the external reaction chamber to react with the group III metal source and transferring the metal chloride to the substrate; and forming the nitride film doped with the impurities on the substrate by reacting the transferred metal chloride with nitrogen source gas supplied to the internal reaction chamber.
- a nitride doped with impurities particularly, a nitride doped with impurities of a group VI element such as Te may be formed without a process of high temperature heat treatment and may generate no residue.
- Embodiments of the present invention may be divided into different depending on a metal source including impurities.
- the at least one group III metal source may include the impurities.
- the at least one group III metal source may be a Ga source including Te.
- the nitride film may be an n type GaN doped with Te.
- the at least one group III metal source may further include another metal source formed of at least one kind of a group III metal different from the group III single metal source.
- the another metal source may be one of at least one metal of Al and In and an alloy source of Al and In.
- the group III metal source may include an alloy source including the impurities and a plurality of kinds of group III metals.
- the at least one group III metal source may be an Al—Ga alloy source including Te.
- the nitride film may be an n type AlGaN doped with Te.
- the at least one group III metal source may further include another metal source formed of at least one kind of a group III metal different from a chemical element forming the alloy source.
- the present invention may be effective when using a group VI metal for the impurities for forming the n type nitride film.
- a group VI metal for the impurities for forming the n type nitride film.
- the group VI metal impurities one of Se and Te may be used.
- a group IV metal may be used for the n type impurities, in addition to the group VI metal.
- the group IV metal impurities may be one of Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb.
- a nitride structure formed of a group III nitride film having a thickness of more than 5 ⁇ m, in which concentration of certain conductive type impurities is uniform lengthwise and 10 16 to 10 20 /cm 3 .
- the group III nitride structure since the group III nitride structure can be grown at a relatively high speed by an HVPE process, the group III nitride structure may be a nitride film having a thickness more than 50 ⁇ m satisfying a thickness for a substrate.
- an n type nitride film doped with Te impurities to have concentration distributed uniformly in the direction of a thickness is provided.
- the nitride structure may have an electrical conductivity of at least 4 ⁇ 10 2 ( ⁇ cm) ⁇ 1 .
- the conductivity may be acquired by doping the Te impurities to have 2 ⁇ 10 18 to 10 20 /cm 3 .
- FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating Te concentration in a conventional n type nitride film formed by ion implantation, changed depending on a temperature of heat treatment;
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of forming a nitride film, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an HVPE apparatus capable of being employed by the method of forming a nitride film
- FIG. 4A is a graph illustrating concentration of Te impurities in a nitride film formed by the method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4B is a graph illustrating conductivity of the nitride film formed by the method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4C is a graph illustrating carrier mobility of the nitride film formed by the method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of forming a nitride film by using an HVPE process.
- at least one group III metal source and a substrate are disposed in a HVPE reaction chamber, respectively (in operation S 21 ).
- the at least one group III metal source and the substrate are sequentially disposed according to a direction of gas supply.
- a group III metal source may be an alloy added with a small amount of desired impurities.
- a metal source for forming an n type nitride film may be an alloy of a group III metal and one of a group IV element and group VI element as impurities.
- a Ga source added with a small amount of Te is used for a metal source.
- an amount of one of the group IV element and the group VI element may be controlled according to doping concentration.
- the substrate may be formed of a material of one of SiC, Si, MgAl 2 O 4 , MgO, LiAlO 2 , and LiGaO 2 .
- the reaction chamber in which the at least one group III metal source including the impurities and the substrate are disposed is heated at a temperature required for reaction.
- the group III metal source is heated at a temperature of approximately 700 to 900° C. for a reaction of generating a chloride and the substrate is heated at a temperature of approximately 900 to 1090° C. for a reaction for nitride growth.
- hydrogen chloride gas and a carrier gas are supplied to the group III metal source.
- the hydrogen chloride gas reacts with the group III metal source and a group III metal chloride is formed.
- the impurities included in the metal source forms a certain chloride via a reaction according to the kind of the impurities.
- a metal chloride may be formed as (Ga, Si)Cl.
- group VI impurities a process of a reaction has been not clearly defined. Only, the present inventor may estimate the process of the reaction as two types.
- Ga source added with Te may be provided in the form of (Ga, Te)Cl, similar to the case of Si, and may form a chloride of TeCl n in addition to GaCl.
- the carrier gas transferring the chloride generated together with the hydrogen chloride gas to the substrate is supplied.
- An inactive gas such as nitrogen gas and argon gas may be used for the carrier gas.
- a nitride film doped with the impurities is formed on the substrate by reacting a nitrogen source gas with the transferred metal chloride.
- NH 3 gas may be used for the nitrogen source gas.
- a desired nitride film is grown on the substrate by reacting NH 3 gas with the transferred metal chloride at a high temperature.
- the chloride including impurities may be uniformly added into the nitride film by reacting with NH 3 gas.
- the embodiment of the present invention may be used as an alloy made by adding desired impurities into a metal source used in an HVPE process.
- Impurities capable of being used are not limited to a certain conductive type.
- the embodiment of the present invention may be very effect when growing a nitride doped with group VI element impurities such as Te.
- the nitride film may be formed without deterioration of crystal and high temperature heat treatment for activation and uniform doping concentration may be distributed in an entire thickness.
- a problem of residue due to a DETe source caused in a conventional process of forming a nitride film by using a MOCVD method, may be solved.
- the embodiment of the present invention may be very effectively applied when using a group VI element metal as impurities for forming an n type nitride film.
- a group VI element metal as impurities for forming an n type nitride film.
- Se and Te may be used for the group VI element metal impurities.
- the present invention is not limited to the group VI element metal impurities and other n type impurities such as a group IV element metal may be used.
- the group IV element metal impurities may be at least one of Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an HVPE apparatus 30 capable of being employed to the nitride film forming method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the HVPE apparatus 30 includes a reaction chamber 31 divided into an external reaction chamber 31 a and internal reaction chamber 31 b , sequentially located from the direction of gas supply, and a heater installed around the reaction chamber 31 .
- At least one group III metal source 33 including impurities is disposed in the external reaction chamber 31 a
- a substrate 34 is disposed in the internal reaction chamber 31 b.
- a metal chloride for growing a nitride film 37 may be generated and the metal chloride may be transferred to the substrate 34 by supplying hydrogen chloride gas and an inactive carrier gas such as N 2 and Ar to the group III metal source 33 in the external reaction chamber 31 a via a first pipeline 35 a .
- the metal chloride includes chlorides including various forms of impurities in addition to the group III metal chloride.
- the nitride film 37 doped with impurities is formed on the substrate 35 by reacting the metal chloride transferred to the substrate 35 in the internal reaction chamber 31 b with a nitride source gas such as NH 3 .
- the HVPE apparatus has a form including a horizontal path of a reaction chamber and gas, as obvious to those skilled in the art, a HVPE apparatus having a form including a vertical path may be used.
- the metal source 33 including impurities may be embodied in various forms.
- a group III single metal source including impurities may be used.
- the group III metal source may be a Ga source including Te.
- an n type GaN doped with Te may be grown on the substrate 34 .
- another group III metal source such as In may be further disposed in addition to the group III single metal source doped with impurities.
- the group III metal source may be an alloy source formed of a plurality of types of group III metals including the impurity metal.
- the group III metal source may be an Al—Ga alloy source including Te.
- an n type AlGaN doped with Te may be grown on the substrate 34 .
- a nitride satisfying a desired composition formula may be acquired by controlling a atomic fraction of Al and Ga in the alloy, without flow control with respect to two or more metal sources.
- impurities difficult to be doped may be easily doped to the nitride film, without deterioration of crystal and additional heat treatment.
- doping concentration of the nitride film may be controlled to be relatively accurate by controlling an amount of impurities included in a metal source.
- An alloy source of the present example was formed of Al and Ga, including a small amount of desired Te by fusing Al and Te into Ga metal and saturated at a temperature of 900° C.
- seven alloy sources whose atomic fractions were 0.003, 0.008, 0.012, 0.016, 0.018, 0.035, and 0.043, respectively, under a condition of maintaining a ratio of an amount of Al to a total amount of Al and Ga as 16% were used.
- a sapphire substrate on which an undoped GaN had been formed was cleaned by using an ultrasonic cleaner using solutions of acetone and methanol and etched in a solution of hafnium for one minute to remove an oxide film.
- the sapphire substrate and the alloy source were disposed in a reaction chamber, respectively.
- the reaction chamber was heated to a 1090° C. that was a crystal growth temperature, 20 sccm of HCl and 500 sccm of ammonia were supplied to the reaction chamber, and Al 0.16 Ga 0.84 N doped with Te was grown for approximately 40 minutes. Under the same condition, additional six Al 0.16 Ga 0.84 N doped with Te were formed by using six alloy sources having other atomic fractions of Te.
- FIGS. 4A through 4C are graphs illustrating concentration of a carrier, electrical conductivity, and carrier mobility of the Al 0.16 Ga 0.84 N doped with Te formed in the present example.
- concentration of the carrier increased from 9 ⁇ 10 16 to 7 ⁇ 10 19 .
- the electrical conductivity also increased from when the atomic fraction of Te was 0.01 and had a high conductivity of 3.25 ⁇ 10 3 ( ⁇ cm) ⁇ 1 when the atomic fraction of Te was 0.045.
- the carrier mobility was also maintained at a high level when the atomic fraction of Te was more than 0.01.
- a nitride film having excellent conductivity may be grown by using the metal source doped with impurities according to the example of the present invention. Also, a nitride film having excellent n type characteristics may be acquired when atomic fraction of Te was 0.01 or more.
- doping concentration was 2 ⁇ 10 16 to 3 ⁇ 10 17 /cm 3 when atomic fraction of Si was changed from 0.102 to 0.218 g/mol.
- the method of forming a nitride film according to the example of the present invention employs the HVPE process
- the nitride doped with impurities whose thickness is difficult to be acquired from one of MOCVD and MBE processes may be formed.
- an n type nitride substrate available for a free standing substrate may be formed by using the method.
- a thick nitride film is formed by using the HVPE process, different from conventional methods of doping impurities via ion implantation and heat treatment, a nitride film in which impurities of a certain conductive type are uniformly distributed in the direction of thickness may be formed.
- a group III nitride structure having a thickness of more than 5 ⁇ m, in which concentration of certain conductive type impurities is uniform lengthwise and 10 16 to 10 20 /cm 3 .
- the group III nitride structure may be a nitride film having a thickness more than 50 ⁇ m to be used for a substrate.
- an n type nitride substrate doped with Te may be formed and may have high conductivity.
- the nitride structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may have electrical conductivity of at least 4 ⁇ 10 2 ( ⁇ cm) ⁇ 1 .
- the electrical conductivity may be acquired by doping Te to have concentration of 2 ⁇ 10 2 to 10 20 /cm 3 .
- a thick film such as an n type conductive nitride substrate having doping concentration uniform in the direction of a thickness and excellent conductivity may be formed.
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